encaustic collage

Encaustic (unbleached bees wax) with copper and tissue on primed wood.

silk bowl 2

This is the second bowl. This one is made from several layers of silk hankies (squares of unspun made from a single cocoon), and formed over a bowl. I put this one in the oven for a bit, and it heat-bonded the medium quite well. It is gossamer thin, and see-through in most places, yet it stands on it's own, and retains it's shape, even after gentle hand-washing.

silk bowls

It has been a while since I posted, so I am posting a few images today. I wanted to try making bowls from silk paper, and this is my initial attempt. I am using Jo Sonya's Textile Medium which is great for leaving the final product still feeling like silk, but it requires heat to set it, which is very difficult when the material is in a bowl shape (kind of hard to iron). I was using a balloon resting in a bowl for the basic mold, and after it dried, it was quite difficult to iron properly.

Hay Fields in Fall Bloom

The hay fields are so beautiful in the fall, and it is sad to see them get mowed. The clover and pea flowers are so dark they look black, and it is always a pleasant shock to realize it is a huge field of flowers - pink, purple, white and yellow.

This oil painting is 24x10 inches on canvas.

fields of clover

I completed two paintings today, both of hay fields. The first one is on a 3.5x5 inch canvas, and the second one is on a 4x6 inch canvas. Both are painted with acrylic.

Wolf drawing

A quick sketch of a wolf, 10 x 12 on watercolor paper.

Moraine Lake II

Another version of the mountains at Moraine Lake in Lake Louise, this time a bit bigger (8x10) and a bit more interpretive than photorealistic. This was primarily painted with a pallette knife, which is a beter tool to create the striations in the rocks.

The water is icy cold and never gets much above a couple of degrees above freezing, even in the heat of summer. The water comes from the glaciers in the mountains above, and there is so much sediment that it is murky even at the shallow edges of the lake. The high sediment content is the reason for the strange color, which is always a beautiful teal blue-green.